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Cuban scholar to speak about African religious roots

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… Cuban religious roots Oct. 19 KALAMAZOO—The African roots of religion in eastern Cuba will be under the microscope … and English after her lecture. Berbes is a researcher of popular religion at the Casa del Caribe in Santiago de Cuba and an initiated priest in SanterAa, one of the religions she will discuss. The lecture and reception …

https://wmich.edu/news/2012/10/2148

Activist to speak about racism and tolerance training

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… speak on "Beyond Diversity: Challenging Racism in an Age of Backlash" at 5:30 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 6 , in Western Michigan University's South Ballroom Center of the Bernhard Center. He will critique diversity efforts … training fails to address the fundamental structures of racism and inequality. Focusing on personal prejudice …

https://wmich.edu/news/2013/11/10804

Trustees to consider faculty contract extension at special meeting Tuesday

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… Tuesday, May 26 , the Western Michigan University Board of Trustees will consider a one-year extension of the University's contract with the faculty union. Negotiators for WMU and leaders of WMU's chapter of the American Association of University …

https://wmich.edu/news/2020/05/59565

WMU graduate students to host national conference this week

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… through Sunday, Nov. 7-10 , for the 27th annual conference of the National Association of Graduate-Professional Students. The conference, which is NAGPS' …

https://wmich.edu/news/2013/11/10979

Business students win national sales challenge

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… and role-play. The speed-selling competition consists of students giving a two-minute "elevator pitch" about why a … which they meet with a buyer and sell the payroll services of ADP, a firm specializing in payroll and business solutions, to the fictitious "Frozen Treats" chain of yogurt shops. The overall team score is calculated by …

https://wmich.edu/news/2013/12/11441

Undergraduate selected to receive prestigious Boren Scholarship

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… 2018 and spring 2019 semesters at the Federal University of Santa Catarina, where she will be studying Portuguese. Wiley was selected as one of 221 Boren Scholarship recipients out of 794 applicants from around the country to receive a …

https://wmich.edu/news/2018/06/47663

WALI helps expand access to space education

College of Engineering and Applied Sciences

… first forays into space exploration began—from development of telescopes in the 1600s, the discovery of planets in the 1700s and 1800s to the first humans on the … development and commercialized space travel—the growth of the field is spurred by people who look to the stars and …

https://wmich.edu/news/2024/01/73466

WMU finance student wins international scholarship from DECA

Haworth College of Business

… “DECA at WMU has allowed me to grow both personally and professionally,” she says. “I took on a leadership position in … work with others. In addition, I have learned to have a lot of confidence in myself as a professional.” Forging relationships with students across the …

https://wmich.edu/news/2024/04/75391

'This is not a simulation'—pandemic becomes real-life learning opportunity

Haworth College of Business

… on KALAMAZOO, Mich.—When Dr. Doug Lepisto , assistant professor of management, and Dr. Derrick McIver , associate professor of management, started teaching their spring …

https://wmich.edu/news/2020/03/58722

Music therapy student finds belonging through mental health advocacy

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… to pursue a vocal performance degree but, through a year of growth and support, have found new purpose in helping … driven my purpose for being here and provided a sense of belonging for me here," Davis says. The classes have also … in music therapy. "Therapists really helped me through some of the darkest times in my life. I was like, 'You know what, …

https://wmich.edu/news/2023/06/71821